Combination shade and awning



Filed July 17, 1926 "Magdalen Patented July 1, 1930 "umreox srares PATEN orr es WILLIAM H. rnannn, or oKLAnoMAcrTY, oKLAnoMa-assicmon crown-rover TO w. Y. TENNYSON, or sauna, OKLAHOMA v COMBINATION snann Ann'A'wnnve 5 Application filed m '17,

Tiis invention relates to windowshades for the window openings of automobiles and the general ob ect of the invention is to provide a shade which may be adjusted so as to extend downward and outward on the exterior of the'car hke'an awning and which v may be adjusted to any desiredangle and to secure any desired extension ofthe flexible curtain or shadeproperp v Y A further object is to provlde means whereby the window shade and the mechanism for holding it may be turned upward within the automobile to permit the sliding glass of the window to close or which may be adjusted so as to draw the curtain or shade proper partly orentirely downward over the window. Q

Still another object is' to provide anattachment in the formof a frameor bow which may be readily mounted upon the frame of the window and connected'with the usual curtain to secure the resilience heretofore referred to, the bow of the frame being adjustable to suit curtains of different sizes.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the'curtain adjusting devicemay be mounted upon the interior of the window frameor upon the exterior of the Wllldow frame as desired or may be mounted so that it may be adjusted up or down at the pleasure of the occupant of the car.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. Y

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 115 an inslde face VlfiW'Of a door of an automobile having a window opening and showing my invention applied thereto with the curtain entirely raised;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional vlew through the window frame showing the curtain drawn downward so as to form an awning; Fig. 3 is an enlarged SQCEIOIIQl'VlQW through the support for the bow or curtain frame and through a portion of the "bow; I Fig. 4; is a longitudinal sectional view through the transverse bar of the bow. to show the manner in which the bow may be expanded;

1926. Serial No. 123,176.

Fig. 5 is an elevation looking toward the interior of the window frame, showingthe manner of adjustably supporting the bow.

Referring to'these drawings and particularly to Figures 1 and 2 it will be seen that I have illustrated the frame A'as having the'grooves all within whichslides the usual window B. I have illustrated a spring roller 11 carrying av curtain 10, this roller being mountedupon the supporting brack ets LL; Preferably the roller-ll will have the usualzlatches for the curtain removed therefrom so that the spring'ofthe roller will, all the time urge the'curtain upward. iaMountedg upon the jambs o ftheivindow frame arethe supporting guides l3'which are illustrated as being 'disposed upon the. inner faces of the enihs these supporting members being annular in cross section so as to providea guide for thei tubular sleeve 22,

the sleeve 22l'having outwardly projecting ears 1%, the outer facesof which are preferably: radially '5 corrugated. :sConfronting thus :the rod 15 will be. held .in any ad-.

justed position upon theear. I Coacting with the tubular rod sections 15 are the angularsections 20, see Figure 1, and the inwardly turned endsfof ithese. an-

'gular sections 20 are engaged in a tubular section 21, see Figure 4;. Thus,- the members 20 telescope within the section 21 and telescope within thesection 15. 'The bow fOIHIBCLby the sections 15, 20 and 21. may

thus be laterally expanded or contracted to suit'wlndows or=curta1ns 10 of .difierent widths andthe membersQO may be slid-ably adjusted within the membersf 15; a I c The guides 18' may be disposed either'upon the front of the casing or upon the inner face thereof as desired though preferably they will be disposed upon the inner face. The tubular sleeve 522v is adapted to slide vertically upon a vertical rod 13 whose up per andlower ends are angularly bent as at 23 and attached to the window casing. Thus, the bow formed of the members 15, 20 and 21 may be raised or lowered "upon the rod 13. y r

V In the use of this device the free end of the curtain is engaged with the cross piece of the bow. in any suitable manner. The bow may be turned outward. through the window openings when the window. .B is down and will thus draw'the curtain outward and downward to the position shown in Figure 2, or the bow may be turned still further downward and the sections 20 forced out of the sections so that the curtain will extend downward and outward so as to nearly or entirely shield the window space.

If it be desired, the bow may be turned upward to a vertical position on the inside ofthe window casing, as shown in Figure 2 in dotted lines and in this case, of course, the windowrcurtain will be entirely rolled up and the window opening will be unobstructed. When the bow is turned within the window casing, the window B may be raised. The bow may be turned downward to a horizontal position at right angles to the window frame or to any other desired angular position, or may be turned down so that it is vertically disposed and extends downward. In this latter position, assuming that the members are withdrawn or extended from the members 15, the curtain will close the entire window opening or the in any angularly adjusted posit-iom compris ing opposed disk like members, onehaving teeth and the other having notches in which the teeth engage, the teeth and notches being concentric to .the common center of the disklike members through the disk-like members and having springs forcingthe 'disk-likemeinbers together whereby said tubular elements are mounted for osclllation upon said brackets.

into a position projecting out through the window from the insidethereof or to a position entirely on the inside of said window, the tubular elements and the arms together having, when extended, a length equal" to the distance between the brackets supporting the tubular elements and the top and bottom of the window. V

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. i

V WVILLIAM H. PEADEN.

members 20 may be shifted inward into the members 15 to thus hold the lower edge of the curtain in spaced relation to the lower margin of the window opening. It will be seen that a very large number of adjustments may be made of the window curtain and practically every possible adjustment of the window curtain may be secured. Thus, for instance, the light may be directed downward toward the floor of the vehicle without the occupants of the vehicle being seen andwithout the light coming directly in through the window. i

7 Obviously many minor changes might be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim An awning for automobile window frames comprising a pair of brackets adapted to be mounted upon the inside face of the window frame at the upper end thereof, a spring. roller mounted upon said brackets, a window shade carriedby the spring roller, and approximately U-shaped 'bowincluding telescopic elements engaged with the free margin of the window shade, each element havand pivot pins, passing 

